Wednesday, May 6, 2015

SANTA ROSA COUNTY FLORIDA POSTCARD TRAVELER ALL US COUNTIES STOP 21

 
We find ourselves over in the Panhandle part of Florida.
 
 
****County Seat: Milton
****Created in 1842
****Named for the Roman Catholic saint Rosa De Viterbo
 
 
Until 2007 this Floridian county had a prohibition on alcohol.
 
 
Check out the Choctawhatchee National Forest here (very interesting):
 
 
 
Milton the county seat was incorporated in 1844. Home to Naval Air Station  Whiting Field WWII.
 
Milton the canoe capital of Florida.
 
In the early 1800s lumbering very important.
 
On March 31, 1962 F3 tornado hit Milton.
 
Don't miss  the West Florida Railroad Museum while here: http://www.wfrm.org/
 
Narvarre Beach is another "don't miss" place to see: http://www.floridasplayground.com/navarre-beach/
 
This area has  bedroom communities for Pensacola.
 
Central Santa Rosa developed along the Old Spanish Trail that ran from St. Augustine to New Orleans and points west.
 
Northern Santa Rosa County farming and forest country. Natural gas and oil found here in the 70s and 80s not as active now as then.
 
FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA GULF VIEW HOTEL & COTTAGES
youneedmorestuff has this postcard on Ebay:
 
This is the Fort Walton Beach Florida Gulf View Hotel and Cottages.

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